Monday, November 11, 2013

Envisioning Employment: Employment Situation October 2013

The latest Employment Situation Report indicated that in October, net non-farm payrolls increased by 204,000 jobs overall with the private non-farm payrolls sub-component adding 212,000 jobs while the civilian unemployment rate increased slightly to 7.3% over the same period.

Net private sector jobs increased 0.19% since last month climbing 2.10% above the level seen a year ago but remained 0.84% below the peak level of employment seen in December 2007.